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As you can see below, while we were *all* sleeping, Berger fell upon us and used us for his pleasure. But if you look at his lineup, it's no surprise that Kevin is now not only in front, he's *way* in front and likely to stay there in spite of the marvelousness of Michael Tola, our poet, prophet, peasant and king.

He took a chance on Elivis Andrus as a baby rookie, decided Konerko wasn't washed up, decdided Rolen wasn't washed up, decided Lind had finally arrived, concluded Matsui could come back from injury quickly and then on the pitching side took the long leap on Vicente Padilla and Edwin Jackson .... And banked Beckett and Burnett.

Damn, I don't think anyone will catch him. Tola has six starters: Saunders, Pettite, Garza, Millwood, Price and Masterson. Nope. Not enough miracles in those arms.

As for the BCL: Nady gone for the year, Beltre out till September, DeRosa maybe gone for the year, Giambi everything anyone who drafts an A deserves him to be. I see a splendid battle for third, and Berger cruising, the full Al Pacino.

Meanwhile, Brad, Bob and Russ battle for last place and the complimentary night with the hooker. Wait, that's a night with the complimentary hooker, the one with the learning disability when it comes to units of measure.

Standings from 6/7/2009 thru 7/9/2009 (including game stats through 7/8/2009)
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Name	Avg	HR	R	RBI	SB	ERA	K	S	W	W PCT	Total
Giant Steps	9.0	9.0	7.0	9.0	4.0	8.0	9.0	5.0	9.0	9.0	78.0
T. S. Intellectual	4.0	7.0	9.0	8.0	9.0	1.0	7.0	4.0	7.0	6.0	62.0
Little Chi Chi	7.0	2.5	6.0	4.0	5.5	7.0	8.0	9.0	5.0	2.0	56.0
The Money Shot	5.0	8.0	8.0	7.0	2.0	5.0	3.0	7.0	4.0	7.0	56.0
A Cancer on the League	3.0	5.5	5.0	6.0	5.5	6.0	6.0	3.0	8.0	5.0	53.0
The Depositions	8.0	5.5	4.0	5.0	7.5	2.0	2.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	45.0
Marfa Dogs	1.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	9.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	8.0	42.0
The Stinking Badgers	6.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	7.5	3.0	5.0	1.5	3.0	3.0	36.0
The FunGhouls	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	1.5	1.0	4.0	22.0

Batting Average

Name	Total	Points
Giant Steps	.3048	9
The Depositions	.2784	8
Little Chi Chi	.2744	7
The Stinking Badgers	.2683	6
The Money Shot	.2619	5
T. S. Intellectual	.2615	4
A Cancer on the League	.2578	3
The FunGhouls	.2551	2
Marfa Dogs	.2408	1

Home Runs (Batter)

Name	Total	Points
Giant Steps	44	9
The Money Shot	38	8
T. S. Intellectual	34	7
The Depositions	28	5.5
A Cancer on the League	28	5.5
Marfa Dogs	27	4
Little Chi Chi	25	2.5
The FunGhouls	25	2.5
The Stinking Badgers	24	1

RBI

Name	Total	Points
Giant Steps	143	9
T. S. Intellectual	124	8
The Money Shot	119	7
A Cancer on the League	111	6
The Depositions	110	5
Little Chi Chi	95	4
The Stinking Badgers	88	3
Marfa Dogs	86	2
The FunGhouls	84	1

Runs (Batter)

Name	Total	Points
T. S. Intellectual	130	9
The Money Shot	129	8
Giant Steps	127	7
Little Chi Chi	124	6
A Cancer on the League	118	5
The Depositions	112	4
The Stinking Badgers	101	3
The FunGhouls	96	2
Marfa Dogs	64	1

Stolen Bases

Name	Total	Points
T. S. Intellectual	33	9
The Depositions	24	7.5
The Stinking Badgers	24	7.5
Little Chi Chi	22	5.5
A Cancer on the League	22	5.5
Giant Steps	15	4
The FunGhouls	12	3
The Money Shot	11	2
Marfa Dogs	8	1

ERA

Name	Total	Points
Marfa Dogs	2.6144	9
Giant Steps	2.6957	8
Little Chi Chi	3.0181	7
A Cancer on the League	3.6541	6
The Money Shot	3.8802	5
The FunGhouls	4.0653	4
The Stinking Badgers	4.3693	3
The Depositions	4.6901	2
T. S. Intellectual	4.7699	1

Pitcher Winning Percent

Name	Total	Points
Giant Steps	.7200	9
Marfa Dogs	.7000	8
The Money Shot	.6471	7
T. S. Intellectual	.6000	6
A Cancer on the League	.5517	5
The FunGhouls	.5455	4
The Stinking Badgers	.5263	3
Little Chi Chi	.4800	2
The Depositions	.4375	1

Saves

Name	Total	Points
Little Chi Chi	20	9
The Depositions	17	8
The Money Shot	12	7
Marfa Dogs	11	6
Giant Steps	10	5
T. S. Intellectual	6	4
A Cancer on the League	3	3
The Stinking Badgers	0	1.5
The FunGhouls	0	1.5

Strikeouts

Name	Total	Points
Giant Steps	184	9
Little Chi Chi	179	8
T. S. Intellectual	168	7
A Cancer on the League	164	6
The Stinking Badgers	141	5
Marfa Dogs	139	4
The Money Shot	138	3
The Depositions	114	2
The FunGhouls	113	1

Wins

Name	Total	Points
Giant Steps	18	9
A Cancer on the League	16	8
T. S. Intellectual	15	7
Marfa Dogs	14	6
Little Chi Chi	12	5
The Money Shot	11	4
The Stinking Badgers	10	3
The Depositions	7	2
The FunGhouls	6	1